RT Book, Section
A1 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 57702372
T1 Chapter 23. Retrograde Guidewire Intubation
T2 Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-161352-1
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57702372
RD 2023/11/28
AB Failure  to  establish  a  definitive  airway  is  a  significant  cause  of  death  and  disability  among  emergency  patients.  Oral  endotracheal  intubation  via  direct  laryngoscopy,  increasingly  often  video-assisted,  remains  the  “gold  standard”  of  airway  management.  Difficult  situations  arise  in  which  oral  endotracheal  intubation  is  impossible,  is  contraindicated,  or  fails.  Retrograde  guidewire  intubation  is  an  alternative  airway  management  technique  that  should  be  familiar  to  those  involved  with  emergency  airway  management.1